Saturday, May 06, 2006

Actor Rocks the Pentagon


This is Gary Sinise, cofounder of Operation Iraqi Children. From DefenseLink:

"You probably think of Gary Sinise as 'Lieutenant Dan' in 'Forest Gump,' or on 'CSI: New York," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told hundreds of soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and civilian employees who gathered here in the Pentagon's outdoor courtyard for the concert.
But at the Defense Department, Rumsfeld said, Sinise is better known as cofounder of the Iraqi Children Fund that sends school supplies to Iraqi children, and as a tireless supporter of the troops who travels the with his band to entertain them.


The actor and his band just returned form a whirlwind tour of Afghanistan in support of our troops:

"Everywhere I went - and we covered a lot of territory there, we talked to literally thousand of people, I shook thousands of hands, took thousands of pictures, signed thousands of autographs - and everywhere I went... I didn't meet anybody who was down," he told today's audience.
"Everybody was dedicated, everybody felt that the mission was important, and everybody was happy to be there doing their job," Sinise said.


What a great guy and a great job he's doing. In the words of Rummy "He's a superstar!"